Fraunhofer IZI Employee Directory
Biotechnology ResearchSaxony, Germany201-500 Employees
The Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI conducts applied research at the interfaces of medicine, life sciences, and engineering. It provides contract research services to biotechnological, pharmaceutical and medical-technology companies, hospitals, diagnostic laboratories and research facilities, developing, optimizing and validating methods, materials and products within its business units, including Agents, Cell Therapy, and Diagnostic and Biobanking. Its core strengths lie in regenerative medicine, with focus areas in oncology, ischemia, and autoimmune, inflammatory and infectious diseases. The institute takes a clinically oriented approach, performing quality checks and GMP-compliant manufacture of investigational medicinal products, and offering support to obtain manufacturing authorizations and approvals. Based in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, it is a mid-sized organization employing several hundred people.